credit/no-credit course

[brownrobbin]

Hi guys,

 

I'm considering taking a pass/fail course this term (last year of university), which if I pass, will earn me a credit. University of Toronto recognizes this credit and it will allow me to maintain a full-credit load (ie. 5 full credits per year) at U of Toronto, but there will not be numerical or letter grade assigned to it.

 

How does McGill med count credit/no credit courses towards GPA calculations and can this pass/fail course be used to meet requirement of having taken a 'full credit load'?

 

McGill says this on their website:

 

" II. Basic Science Requirements

 

Applicants must have successfully completed (or be in the final stages of completing) the following courses at a university level with laboratory or practical work in each:

 

* minimum six (6) credits of general/introductory Biology

* minimum six (6) credits of general/introductory Chemistry

* minimum six (6) credits of general/introductory Physics

* minimum three (3) credits of introductory Organic Chemistry

 

Minimum credits do not include compulsory laboratory or practical work. Grades of "Pass/Fail" (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) or of similar schema are not acceptable in course work; numerical or letter-class grades are required. Prerequisite courses completed more than eight years from date of application must be repeated. Exception may be made for applicants with advanced degrees in the material concerned.

 

 

What does that mean?! Does it mean I can't use pass-fair courses AT ALL, or just not the pre-req's?

 

Does anyone know?

 

Thanks!

[temp_degoo]

I'd say it doesn't count at all based on that language. But you should really email/call them about that.

[mcgill_student]

I'd say it doesn't count at all based on that language. But you should really email/call them about that.

 

it's okay to have P/F courses, as long as they are not your "core" courses (so you can graduate), and that they are not one of those "required" courses for medicine....ie. org, bio etc